Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Pyotr Ilyich Chaikovskii • Peter Ilich Tschaikowsky • Pyotr Ilyich Chaikovsky
Born	May 7, 1840 • Votkinsk • Russia
Died	November 6, 1893 (aged 53) • St. Petersburg • Russia
Notable Works	“Cherevichki” • “Eugene Onegin” • “Marche Slave, Op. 31” • “Pathétique Symphony” • “Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor” • “Romeo and Juliet” • “Sixth Symphony” • “Swan Lake” • “Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36” • “The Nutcracker” • “The Oprichnik” • “The Queen of Spades” • “The Sleeping Beauty” • “The Storm” • “The Voyevoda” • “Vakula the Smith”
Movement / Style	Romanticism

Tchaikovsky was reserved for a significant portion of his life. He only became a more social person following his reception of the Order of St. Vladimir by the Russian czar, an award that sparked his fame.